Canon Super 8 814- Manuals

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HOW TO USE THE HAND GRIP When the hand grip is stood up it is automatical­ ly locked. When folding, keep pressing the grip locking lever upwards and swing the hand grip back. The hand grip also serves as a film-drive battery chamber. - p.

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LOADING OF FILM CARTRIDGE Set the CCA filter switch so that the "sun" It indicates that the mark can be seen.___________________________ CCA filter is in position. 1. Lift the side cover latch, turn it to the left, and open the side cover. 2. Slide the Super b film cartridge in towards the f...

SETTING OF FILMING SPEED 18 fps is the standard Super 8 filming speed, turn the filming speed setting lever and set it at the desired speed. a If a movie has been shot at 18 fps and projected at 18 fps, it can be observed most naturally. The filming speed of 24 fps is 1.3times faster than 1 fa tps a...

12 DECIDE THE COMPOSITION The viewfinder of Canon Auto Zoom 814 is of the single-lens reflex type, and so there is no parallax. Thus, the picture area seen through the viewfinder is exactly what will be exposed on the film. The image seen through the viewfinder will change in magnification and the p...

13 CHECK THE EXPOSURE METER NEEDLE a Before pressing the shutter lever aim the camera at the subject and check the position of the exposure meter needle inside the viewfinder. Press the shutter lever if the needle is pointing inside the range of the aperture scale. b Exposure with the electric eye i...

ZOOMING _ Power Zooming Press the power zooming switch for smooth and regulated zoom effects. Zooming towards telephoto is obtained by pressing “T” and towards wide-angle by pressing “ W . The entire range of zooming time is 6 to 9 seconds.

b Manual Zooming When you wish to zoom faster or slower than at regular speed, or when you want to decide the size of the subject in the picture area, turn the zoom lens by using the manual zoom lever, #The viewfinder magnification is life size vWien the focal distance is 12mm

APERTURE ADJUSTING MECHANISM By turning the aperture control ring the following functions can be performed : 1. In EE operation, the maximum aperture open­ ing can be controlled and the aperture can be closed completely. 2. In manual operation, the aperture can be con- troiled and closed completely....

FADING TECHNIQUES With Canon Auto Zoom 814, you can perform fading techniques in either EE or manual opera­ tions by turning the aperture control ring. Fadings are used to show the elapse of time or a change in scene, for instance, when the scene on the stage changes at the end of a theme Fade-In Fi...

Use ND Filter Under Bright Conditions The use of a neutral density filter is recomrnend- e^under very bfigTit conditicris or under excess light. Under these conditions, the aperture will close down to f/16 or f/22, and it makes very little difference with the completely closed aperture, and so fadin...

SHOOTING WITH ARTIFICIAL LIGHT «— Your Canon Auto Zoom 814 has a built in a Color Conversion A (CCA) filter so that you can use tungsten type color film, for example, Kodachrome II Type A [KA-HI, under daylight cdh'gifTohsT WhTn shootine under artificial light, push the CCA filter switch downwards s...

THREE-WAY SWITCH The three-way switch has three positions of “OFF", “R"and “RC-RL". 1. “OFF” is the position where the power circuit is cut off and the exposure meter, power zoom and shutter release do not function. 2. “R’’ is where the power circuit is switched on3. “RC-RL” is where the...

b Remote Control 1. Set the three-way switch at "OFF”. 2 Insert the remote control cord into the socket for remote control cord 3 Turn the three-way switch to "RC-RL” while pressing the shutter lever, 4 Push the knob on the remote control switch in the direction of the arrow The camera will ...

EYEPIECE SHUTTER ^ sure to set the eyepiece shutter at "CLOSE" jo prevent reverse incoming light when the eye is not against tFe eyepiece during such photography as pamTihgT^sThgle frame and titling. Otherwise, direct the eyepiece, flow in reverse direction through the optical system of the ...

PANNING Panning is employed when shooting a scene from one position to another by moving the camera around horizontally to make a continuous shot over a wide area in one saquence. # Do not mqye_jthe camera -ton rapidly in any direction, particularly vertically. Use of a tripod is recommended^ ^Panni...

PROPER CARE OF THE CAMERA 1. Do not put fingerprints and other stains on the zoom lens. Wipe gently with silicon cloth when removing stains and use a blower for removing dust. 2 It is important that the aperture section, through which the film passes, always be kept clean by blowing the dust away wi...

ACCESSORIES 58mm Close-Up Lenses 450 and 240 Close-up lenses are used when titling copying documents and when photographing plants and insects. 450 and 240 indicate the distance in millimeter from the tip of the lens to the subject when the distance scaie of the close-up lenses are set at infinity. ...